JaggedSac said:
Bodhesatva said:
JaggedSac said:
Kasz216 said:
JaggedSac said:
I guarantee that if a site broke the review date that game companies sometimes set, there would be consequences. |
Well they don't really set review dates the same way as movie companies.
Afterall Videogame companies say "You can't review the game untill 3 weeks after it's been released unless you give it an 80 or higher."
If a movie studio tried to put a star limit on movie reviews.... they just don't. They'd get blasted.
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Actually, no, game companies say, "do not publish a review of this game until after this date". Said date is usually a week or two before the release of the game. They usually send the games to reviewers early and provide a letter explaining the rules of publication. Ask madskillz, he goes through this all the time.
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There are plenty of examples of studios doing exactly what Kaz said. MGS4 was famous for this:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/02/egm-delays-mgs4-reviews-konamis-limitations-cited/
You could only publish your review if you did not talk about certain aspects of the game. Similarly, we are all familiar with the Gamespot Kane and Lynch fiasco, and I'm sure we're all aware of Sony's refusal to work with EGM as well.
This happens all the time, and this is only the stuff we know about. Imagine how many rules of this nature are enforced under the radar.
In other words, you're simply wrong, and Kaz is absolutely right, publishers do this sort of stuff all the time.
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How am I wrong? I said that game companies set review embargo dates. He said that publishers sometimes make reviewers wait until 3 weeks after a game is released and place a score cap on them. Give me examples of where that was the case.
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What? Didn't I give you one? MGS4. I even provided a link: you could not talk about certain things in your review until after the game was launched. Not just "plot spoilers" mind you, but specific criticisms like "FMV scenes are too long.". How could you miss this? It's right in my post.
As others have mentioned, Assassin's Creed was in the same boat, but even more explicitly: they apparently barred any reviews under 80 from release until after the game had been published.
http://kotaku.com/342519/3-companies-bar-egm-from-coverage-following-poor-reviews
Do you need more?
